Cool Hunting
| 25 January 2006view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Lac Chocolatier
by Evan Orensten
Pascal Lac is a well known patissier, chocolatier and glacier in Nice and neighboring Beaulieu sur Mer in the south of France. Locals worship his perfectly simple confections, and some of the best restaurants in the area serve his work with pride. A visit to one of his two stores is a total sensory overload. CHHQ is very grateful that our friend Lorin, a chef and globe-trotter, dropped off a box of Guérandes this week. They are small dark chocolates with a caramel and fleur de sel ganache filling, the house specialty. If you're lucky enough to have one, you'll enjoy the experience.
Lac is very under the radar. You won't find it online or in any stores that we know of (please hit us up if you know of any).
Pascal Lac
35, bd Marinoni
06310 Beaulieu sur Mer
France
+33 4 93 01 35 85
18, rue Barla
06300 Nice
France
+33 4 93 55 37 74
Knock Knock's Text Message and Cell Citation Pads
by Ami Kealoha
From Knock Knock, stationers and disciples of irreverence, these Text Message and Cell Citation pads, are perfect gifts in the age of mobile communication. The extensive translations of text messages, like "FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt" and "IMBP: I Might Be Pregnant," are sure to amuse — if not also educate — even the most savvy texters and the format takes note-writing to a conceptual level.
Providing an outlet for the angst we've all felt over inconsiderate cell use, the Cell Citation pad politely steers offenders in the direction of better mobile phone etiquette with a checkboxes including one for "painfully banal" conversation. Pick up the Text Message pad for $6.99 from Knock Knock. The Cell Citation pad, available 31 January, will cost $4.50 on their site as well.
Dan Flavin Retrospective
by Ami Kealoha
Usually reviled by esthetes, fluorescent light tubes become art in Dan Flavin's elegant constructions, the subject of a traveling retrospective currently at the Hayward Gallery in London through 2 April. His sublime use of color (restricted to only a few shades) and minimalist arrangements were often dedicated to people or events, such as untitled (in memory of my father D. Nicholas Flavin) (pictured), which is exclusive to the London exhibit. The show features over 50 of his lightworks and also includes drawings, sketches, early collages, a group show of Flavin-influenced light artists, and a commissioned "soundscape" by the public art collective Greyworld that can be downloaded from Hayward's website. From London, the retrospective travels to Paris, Munich and then Bilbao.
Cool Hunting Video - CES 5
by Josh Rubin
CES 5: Cars and Jabra
by Josh Rubin
Almost done with our CES videos... This one, number five, captures the breadth of what CES has to offer. The piece begins in the car electronics section looking at extreme modifications, we then go over to an interview with Neils Henrik from Jabra product development talking about the Jacob Jensen designed JX-10.
